Unloading jack



June 10, 1952 E. F. BlsHMAN ETAL 2,599,741

` UNLOADING JACK June 10, 1952 E. F. BlsHMAN Erm. I 2,599,741

l UNLOADING JACK Filed sept. 24, 1947 2' saEETs+slxEET 2 Patented June 10, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE UNLOADING JACK Edwin F. Bishman and Archie lC.`Bisl1ma.n, Hutchinson, Minn.

Application September 24, 1947, Serial No. 775,780

(Cl. 74--I24) 1 Claim. 1

Our invention relates to improvements in jacks and a device operated thereby for unloading bulk materials such as Vchopped hay and fodder.

it is now quite the generalrmethod in harvesting food for stock, such as hay and fodder, to chop the same into short lengths by means of any one of the well known commercial choppers and blow the saine into the closed box or bodi7 of a truck, a trailer or a wagon and convey the same to the place of delivery where the same is discharged onto an apron or the like and from thence blown into a silo, a loft, a storage room or bin.

The object of this invention is to provide highly ecient means for unloading particularly chopped stock food conveyed in a closed body or box on a vehicle.

To the above end, the invention consists of the novel devices and combination of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claim.

in the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings:l

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of the invention embodied in and applied to the closed body of a truck;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a View partly in elevation and partly in section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. l; and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detail view partly in elevation and partly in section taken on the line l-l of Fig. 2.

The numeral 5 indicates a fragment of a truck having a closed box-like body B also fragmentarily shown. This body 6, will, in actual usage, have a displaceable rear end gate, not shown.

Referring now in detail to the invention in which a load of bulk material such as chopped hay or fodder, in the body B, may be unloaded by being pushed through the 'open rear end of said body, after the end gate is opened, by means of a false end gate 1 having a pair of rearwardly projecting runners 8 to which the gate 'I is attached by brackets 9. These runners 8 slidably rest on thebed I8 of the body 6.

VThe runners 8 and hence the false end gate 'I are pulled on the bed I8 from the front to the rear of the body 6 by means of a windlass drum I I and a pair of cables I2 in the form of chains. This windlass drum II extends transversely of the bed I0, outwardly of the rear end of the body 6, with its upper face portion substantially flush with the upper face of said bed and is journa'ledin bearings YI3 attached to the bed I0. The

cables I2, at one of their ends, are attached to the runners 8, as `indicated at I4, and their other end portions are wound on the windless drum II Vand attached thereto by bolts I5. 1n each end portion of 'the windlass drum II is a long axial seat I6 that is square in cross-section for coupling a driving connection thereto, as will 'presently appear.

The windlass drum I'I is rotated to wind the cables I2 thereon by means of a novel jack Il that maybe placed on either side of the truck v6 parallel thereto. As shown, the jack I1 is on the right-hand side of the truck 5. The jack I'I has lan `inclined frame I8 comprising a pair of vlongitudinal parallel angle bars I9 rigidly connected, at their upper ends, by a short transverse angle bar 28. The .angle bars I9, at their lower ends, rest on a foot 2l and rigidly secured thereto. Thus foot ZI is in the form of a flat plate, the marginal edge portions 22 being rolled upwardly to facilitate sliding movement of the same on the ground when moving the jack Il.

An upper shaft 23, a lower shaft 24 and an intermediate countershaft 25 extend transversely of the frame I8 vand are journaled in bearings 26 on the angle bars I9. By reference to Fig. 2, it will be noted that the end portions of the upper shaft 23 extend outwardly of the frame I8 andeach thereof has a transverse hole 21, only one of which is shown.

The windlass drum I I is driven from the upper shaft 23 by a stub shaft 28 that is square in cross-section and mounted in one of the seats I6 'in the windlass drum II This stub shaft 28 has at one end a socket 29 into which the upper shaft 23, at one of its end portions, projects and is detachably secured thereto for rotation therewith by a bolt 30, which extends through aligned holes in the socket end of the stub shaft 28 and the respective hole 27 in the shaft 23. This stub shaft 28 not only affords a driving connection from the shaft 23 to the windlass drum Il but support the frame I8 at its upper end portion from said windlass drum. Obviously, the stub shaft 28 may be applied to the upper Shaft 23 at either end portion thereof and mounted in either of the seats I6, thus making it possible to place the jack I1 on either side of the truck 5.

The upper shaft 23 and hence the windlass drum II, is driven by the following connections from an electric motor 3 I, to wit: a V-belt 32 runs over a small V-pulley 33 on the armature shaft 34 of the motor 3| and a large vV-pulley 35 on the lower shaft 24, a spur pinion 36 on the shaft 24 meshes with a spur gear 31 on the countershaft 25, a cam 38 on said countershaft operates. a lever 39 pivoted on the upper shaft 23 and having a pawl 49 that engages a large ratchet wheel 4I in the form of a spur gear on the shaft 23 and imparts a step by step rotary movement to said shaft 23. Co-operating with the ratchet wheel 4I is a dog 4Ia that prevents backward movement of said ratchet wheel at the time the pawl 40 is out of engagement therewith. This dog ila is pivoted at 4|b to the angle bars l5 and a coiled spring 4|c attached to said dog and anchored to the frame I8V yieldingly holds the dog 4|*ab in contact with the ratchet wheel 4I.

The motor 3| is mounted on a motor base 42 I having a pair of slides 43 in the form of short angle bars 44 that rest on the angle bars I9. These slides 23 are adjustably secured to angle bars I9 by nut-equipped bolts 45 that extend ably mounting the slides 43 is to permit moveshaft 24 to tension the belt 32.

The lever 39 is pivoted on the upper shaft 23 to swing about the axis thereof and has on its free end a cam roller 41 that rests on the cam 38. A coiled spring 48 attached to the lever 39 and anchored to the frame I8 is under strain to yieldingly hold said lever with the cam roller 41 on the cam 38. The lever 39 comprises a pair of parallel laterally spaced flat bars 49 between which the cam 38, the pawl 49, the ratchet Wheel 4I and the cam roller 41 work. A trip 50 is provided for operating the lever 39 to lift the cam roller 41 out of the path of movement of the cam i 38 and thereby brake the driving connections for operating the same. Rearward movement of the hand lever 54 Vwill bring the trip 50 into engagement with the lever 39, under which it lies,

Vand lift the same and thereby move the cam roller 41 out of the path of movement of the cam 38.

A guard 55 on the frame I8 overlies the pinion 35, the cam 38, the gear 31, the cam roller 41, the major portion of the lever 39 and the trip 50. On the frame I8 is a leg 56 for supporting the jack I1 when removed from the windlass drum II. This leg 56 comprises a pair of angle bars 51 in V-arrangement and having a small foot 58 similar to the foot 2|. A brace rod 56 connects the leg 56 to the frame I8. A handle 80 on the frame i8 between the shaft 24 and the motor base 42 and a second handle 59 on the cross-tie angle bar 20 are provided for lifting and carrying the jack I1.

From the above description, it is evident that the jack I1 may be quickly and easily applied to the windlass drum I I, on either side of the truck body 6, simply by inserting the stub shaft 28 into one of the seats I6 after said jack has been placed at the side of the truck 5, and its rear 4 end lifted to bring the stub shaft 28 into alignment with the respective seat I6.

The drawings illustrate a commercial form of the invention, but it will be understood that the same is capable of certain modifications as to details of construction, arrangement and combination of parts within the scope of the invention herein disclosed.

vWhat we claim is:

A jack of the character described comprising an -elongated frame having longitudinally eX- tending side bars, a cross bar connecting rear ends of said side bars, a foot plate to which front ends of the side bars are secured disposed at an angle adapting it to rest upon the ground and support the frame at an upward incline towards its rear end, a rear shaft rotatably mounted across rear portions of the side bars, a front shaft rotatably mounted across the side bars and spaced forwardly from the rear shaft, a counter shaft rotatably mounted across theside bars between and spaced from the front and rear shafts, intermeshing gears carried by the front shaft and the counter shaft between the side bars, a cam carried by said counter shaft between the side bars, a lever pivoted upon the rear shaft and extending forwardly therefrom and having a roller at its front end resting upon said cam, a

ratchet wheel carried by the rear shaft between the side bars, a pawl pivoted to said lever and resting upon said ratchet wheel and intermittently imparting rotation to the rear shaft when the lever is rocked vertically by action of the cam, a dog pivoted between rear ends of the side bars and yieldably engaging the ratchet wheel and serving to prevent retrograde rotation of the rear shaft, a trip pivoted to the side bars and movable into and out of position to engage the lever and swing the lever upwardly to an inoperative position out ofY engagement with said cam, a pulley carried by the front shaft, a shelf over said frame forwardly of the front shaft having shoes resting upon the side bars and slidable along the same, a motor mounted upon said shelf and provided with a pulley upon its shaft, and a belt extending between and trained about the pulleys and transmitting rotation to the front shaft.

EDWIN F. BISHMAN.

ARCI-IIE C. BISH'MAN.

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